Godmanhood vs Mangodhood: An Eastern Orthodox Response to Transhumanism
This article distances the classic Patristic teaching of Eastern Orthodoxy on theosis from the pseudo-religious ideology of transhumanism. By appealing to the Silver Age of Russian theologians a century ago, today's transhumanist vision is dubbed Mangodhood, an idolatrous construction of a tech...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2019]
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Studies in Christian ethics
Year: 2019, Volume: 32, Issue: 2, Pages: 200-215 |
| IxTheo Classification: | KDF Orthodox Church NBE Anthropology NBK Soteriology NCJ Ethics of science |
| Further subjects: | B
Homo Deus
B Deification B Transhumanism B Godmanhood B Theosis B Mangodhood B Satan B Orthodoxy |
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| Summary: | This article distances the classic Patristic teaching of Eastern Orthodoxy on theosis from the pseudo-religious ideology of transhumanism. By appealing to the Silver Age of Russian theologians a century ago, today's transhumanist vision is dubbed Mangodhood, an idolatrous construction of a technological Tower of Babel. In contrast, the classical Orthodox teaching of deification or theosis relies on the spiritual grace of the true God, rendering the true goal of religion to be Godmanhood. |
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| ISSN: | 0953-9468 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Studies in Christian ethics
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0953946819827136 |